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Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Buckeye Trail via Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 256 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Buckeye Trail via Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Cuyahoga Valley National Park near Peninsula, OH. It climbs 256 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi663 – 860 ft7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail 41.24238, -81.55010
Nearest town Peninsula, OH
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Buckeye Trail via Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 256 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Elevation 663–861 ft

Out & Back · Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Trailhead: Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail · 41.24238, -81.55010

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Transit-accessible: Peninsula stop 87 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, heading NW.
  2. 1.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miSharp right onto Buckeye Trail, heading E.
  4. 1.5 miReach Buckeye Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.5 miSharp left, heading S.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left onto Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, heading E.
  7. 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/buckeye-trail-out-back-11-km-66ac

Trail surface

43% dirt10% gravel9% boardwalk4% paved34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:57 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Peninsula stop 87 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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